So much of art can be understood better when you look at the history and the people involved in its creation. I’m sure at least one art major will post somewhere how stupidly obvious this is, but I was a computer science major, so you’re lucky this entire article isn’t written out as a math equation....

It’s hard to distinguish individual songs within the cramped, rumbling ball of sound they make onstage. It does what heavy music does best: It creates vibrations so powerful I can feel my clothes shake and pressure build in my guts.

You know what the Urkel, the Twist, the Shoulder Lean, the Stanky Leg, the YMCA and the Chicken Noodle Soup all have in common? Supreme suckitude. And yes, all those fucking idiotic crazes are 100% real — look them up yourself.

While dwelling has made the comparison seem absurd, they do occupy the same or adjacent space in my mind, so contrasting them is inevitable. In so doing, I have fleshed out for myself what it is that I love about each of them individually.